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L. M MORDEN.

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AEPLIUATION FILED JAN. 27, 191s.

Patented Mar. 17; 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 17, 19M.

Application filed January 27, 1913. Serial No. 744,296.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, LUCENA M. MononN, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVaterbur-y, in the county of New Haven and State oit Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Files, oit which the l'following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to a letter or memorandum tile, and more particularly to that class thereof which may be designated as a -follow-up tile, the object ct the present improvement being to provide what may be designated as an improved double index follow-np file by means of which the letters may be indexed both alphabcticrlly and. under the desired date.

A 'further objectot the invention is the provision ot an improved tile leaf of the class described having improved means for indexing the matter to be indexed both alphabetically and chronologically, and which means in one form thereof will also constitute improved binding means for the edge ot the tile leaf.

It is well known in practice that letters and other memoranda are usually filed regardless ot their alphabetical arrangement under the particular date on which they are to be again taken up tor consideration or on which it is desired to have attention called thereto, butl in this system ot' tiling it will be obvious that letters which ordinarily would be classified under the letter B, or under the letter J, or under the letter Z would all necessarily be mixed under the vsame particular date, as iter instance the 17th ot' the month, but by means ot thc present improvement each letter may be elassiiied under its own alphabetical letter and in addition under the particular date on which it is desired to have attention drawn thereto.

In the drawings accompanying and torming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a view oit' a pair ot leaves forming a part ot a tile; Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view ot a portion et' one of the columns ot indicia shown in Fig. l, the said section looking from right to left ot the column; Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view taken crosswise of one ot the sheets shown in Fig. l; and Fie. et is a detail rear view.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the ditlerent ligures of the drawings.

The present improvement comprises a series ot' lilo leaves designated by 2, each of which carries at its top a letter of the alphabet (or other designating matter). ln the present instance two leaves are shown designated respectively A and B. ln the preferred ilorm oit the improvement each outer edge ol a leal is provided with a reinforcing member il, which is preferably made of metal. ',lhis member may be secured to the leaf in any desired n'uumer, as by suitable fastening devices el, which may be struck up trom the member itsell and by turning over the outer edge 5 ot the metal member. rlhis member is divided lengthwise thereoit and therefore lengthwise ot' the leal." along its outer edge into a series ot spaces (3, thirtytwo in number, one to receive a letter of the alphabet and the others to correspond with the days oit' the month, and all except one of these spaces are numbered in accordance with the days of the month and therefore from l to 3l. Intermediate these spaces carrying the dates ci" the month the metal member is provided with horizontally lo- :ated or crosswise extending bars 7, and located between each pair ot these bars is a sht'table member, in the present instance comprising a metal piece S so formed that itwill slide from one end to the other ol its space, the crosswise members constituting tracks thcre'tor, and -tor this purpose each member 8 is so bent as to 'lorm ways 9 at its sides. Normally each shit'table date or number exposing member will be located alongdhe outer edge ot its track. When it is desired to tile a letter, tor instance which would ordinarily be tiled alphabetically under the letter A so that attention will be directed thereto say on the 17th ot the month, it is tiled in its proper alphabetical place and the shittable member covering the 17th ot the month is shiitcd so as to expose the 17th. All the rest of the shittable members being in their normal position it follows that on glancing at the tile it will be immediately perceived that certain letters are to be brought up for consideration or have attention given thereto on the 1T th. Ot course it is obvious that it there are any other letters to which attention is desired to be di rected on any particular date the shittable members will be shifted siimlltaneously. In order to know without calculation just which one ot the shil'table members covers a particular date, the spaces at the cxtreme left of the shittable members when they are in their normal position are also numbered to indicate the days of the month, so that by looking down the left-hand side of the device any particular shiftable member covering a certain date can be readily ascertained. lt will thus be seen by the foregoing that the letters may be classified both alphabetically and chronologically. After attention has been brought to the letter on the particular date desired the date covering member is shifted back to its normal position to the right..

lt will be understood, of course, that in place of the letters of the alphabet at the top of the sheets other designating matter could be used, and that instead of the dates along the edges of the sheet one or more columns of other designating matter could be used, so that the present improvement is adapted for a wide range of purposes, and is not necessarily limited to alphabetical and chronological matter, nor is such present improvement intended to be limited to the arrangement of the data along the outer side edges, as it might be arranged along any other edge. It will also be understood that where other matter is used instead of dates, or even in case of the use of dates, the number of spaces for such matter may be less or greater than that shown herein, and that even when dates are used the top of the page may be otherwise designated, instead of alphabetically, if preferred.

I claim as my invention:

l. A file comprising a plurality of leaves each carrying alphabetical data and numerical data corresponding with the days of the month, and means for exposing any particular date of the numerical data to the exclusion of other dates.

2. A file comprising a plurality of leaves each carrying alphabetical data `and numerical data coresponding with the days of the month located along the outer edge thereof from top to bottom, and means for exposing any particular date of the numerical data to the exclusion of other dates.

3. A file comprising a plurality of leaves each carrying alphabetical data and two columns of numerical data corresponding with the days of the month, and means for exposing any particular date of one of said columns to the exclusion of other dates of said column.

4. A le comprising a plurality of leaves each carrying alphabetical data and numerical data corresponding with the days of the month, and shiftable means for exposing any particular date of the numerical data to the exclusion of other dates.

5. A ile comprising a plurality of leaves each carrying alphabetical data and numerical data corresponding with the days of the mouth and arranged in two columns, and shiftable means for exposing any particular date of the numerical data to the exclusion Y of other dates.

6. A file comprising a plurality of leaves each carrying alphabetical data and numerical data corresponding with the days of S. A file comprising a plurality of leaves Y each carrying alphabetical data and numerical data corresponding with the days of the month, means for exposing any particular date of the numerical data to the exclusion of other dates, and means for indicating the date to be exposed.

9. A file comprising a plurality of leaves each carrying alphabetical data and numerical data corresponding with the days of the month, shiftable means for exposing any particular date of the numericaldata to the exclusion of other dates, and means for indicating the date to be exposed Vand located at one side of said shiftable means when in its date covering position.

10. A file leaf having alphabetical indicia thereon and also having a column of dates thereon, and means for concealing or exposing a date of said column while exposing or concealing another date on the same sheet.

11. A file leaf having alphabetical indicia thereon and also having a column of dates thereon, and means for concealing or exposing a date of said column, said means comprising a shiftable member.

12. A lile leaf having alphabetical indicia thereon and also having a column of dates thereon, and means for concealing or exposing a date of said column, said means comprising a slidingmember.

13. A l'ile leaf having alphabetical indicia thereon and two columns of dates, and means for normally exposing a date of one column while concealing one of the other and shiftable to conceal the date of the first column while exposing the date of the other.

14. A file leaf having alphabetical indicia thereon and two columns of dates, and means for normally exposing a date of one column while concealing one of the other and shiftable to conceal the date of the iirst column while exposing the date of the other and comprising a member connected along the edge of the leaf and provided with tracks with spaces therebetween for the dates andV a member shiftable transversely of the leaf along said tracks.

l5. A tile comprising a leaf, a metal member binding the edge of the leaf and having a series of spaces corresponding with the days of the month and intermediate such spaces bars forming tracks, and a member shiftable on said tracks from one end of each space to the other, said spaces being adapted to carry dates.

lo. A lilo comprising a leaf, a metal member binding the edge of the leaf and having a series of spaces corresponding with the days of the month and intermediate such spaces bars forming tracks, and a member shiftable on said tracks from one end of each space to the other, said spaces being adapted to carry dates and one of said spaces adapted to carry a letter of the alpha` bet.

17. A file coniprising a plurality of leaves each having one or .more columns of dates thereon, and a series of independently shiftable means corresponding with the number of dates in a column for normally concealing the dates of said column and each independently shiftable to expose its date.

1S. A leaf for a file having two columns of dates along the edge thereof, and a series of independently shiftable means corresponding with the number of dates in one of said columns and shiftable to expose the dates of one column while concealing those of the other.

19. A file leaf having one or more columns divided `into spaces for designating matter, and a series of independently shiift able means corresponding with the number of such spaces and each shiftable to expose one of such spaces.

20. A file comprising a plurality of leaves, each having one or more columns of designating matter thereon separated into spaces, and a series of independently shiftable means corresponding with the number of such spaces for normally concealing the designating matter of such column, and each independently shiftable to expose such designating matter.

2l. A file leaf adapted to be filed away and comprising a sheet adapted to be manually manipulated and having a series of spaces, means secured thereto, and means cope 'ating with said means for normally7 covering said spaces, but shiftable relatively to said means for exposing such spaces.

2Q. A file leaf adapted to be iiled away and comprising a sheet adapted to be manually manipulated and having a part thereof divided into a series of spaces, supporting means carried by said leaf, and means carried by said supporting means and comprising a series of shiftable members for covering said spaces each independently shiftablc to expose one of said spaces.

2:3. A lile leaf adapted to be filed away and comprising a sheet adapted to be manually manipulated and having a series of spaces for designating matter, means secured to said leaf for dividing one space from another, and slides carried by said means for covering said spaces and shiftable each indepemlently of another for exposing the space thereunder.

5211-. A file leaf adapted to be filed away and comprising a sheet adapted to be manually manipulated and having one or more columns of designating matter thereon divided into a series of spaces, and means 4for concealing or exposing one or more of said spaces of said columns.

25. A tile leaf adapted to be filed away and comprising a sheet adapted to be manually manipulated and having one or more columns of designating matter thereon divided into a series of spaces, and means for concealing or exposing one or more of said spaces of said column or columns, said means comprising a series of sliding mem bers and means carried by said leaf for supporting said members independently.

LUCENA M. MORDEN.

Witnesses HUGH P. BROWN, WILLIAM TYson, ANNA MoDoNALD.

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